The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-03-24

Capt, James B. Ea,'~. the famous engineer. i,
dead
The Camhri,I-r Railroad strikers have form
ally given up.
cyril Senrlr, the actor. husband of Rose Ey-
till"t. il dead.
The strike on the litt>bnrg Division Of the
Baltimore and Ohio was a failure.
The British steamer Egypt foun,lrrrd III sea
on the 81. All hands were SiNe, hv a passing
vessel.
\ student Al Yale ThcoI"@ral Seminary
charges that Prof. John Il. Russell is guilty Of
hcrc>y.
veteran of the Rebellion. occurred March 1llh
at SWanton. IT.
The Boston Commanlery Il. +. celebrated its
>oth anniversary at the Masonic Temple III that
city March llth.
\ dispatch from tlc City of Mexico contra
diets the report that Judge Manning intends to
resign his mission.
Christine Nilsson has been married to Count
Miranda. and it is reported that She Will retire
from the lyric stage.
\ bill giving municipal suffrage to women,
which had passed the New York Senate, was
defeated in the Assembly.
The Pavonia. which was ashore in Ma>>achll-
>rt1> Bay last November, ha> resumed her trips
between Liverpool and Boston.
An explosion of mcIinitc, the new explosive,
occurred in an arsenal at Belfast. France. Two
men were killed and others injured.
The Illinois supreme Court has decided to
hear arguments on the motion for a new trial
in the ease of the Chicago anarchists.
The @as syndicate. which has bought all the
different plants in Chicago, announces an IN
crease Of twenty-five per cent in the price.
In the Massachusetts House March 10th the
woman suilra.i>t> met their annual defeat.
The bill was rejected. 81 to 81, with % pairs.
1t is said that the Ffteth Congress may be
called together next fall in October to transact
important business before the holiday recess
William c. Hickman, who is alleged TO have
SWndlcd Boston capitalists out Of large sums,
is stopping at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal
The recent wreck on the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad is believed to have been deliberately
caused for the purpose of robbing the express
car.
In the PENNSYLVANIA House bill has been re-
ported fat torablv to prevent the of coal, oil,
oil stoves. or coal or wood stoves in passenger
cars.
A rcpairer on the electric light lines in Chica-
go was deprived of his reason and otherwise
injured by coming in contact with the deadly
Wire.
Work on the new steel cruiser Atlanta. at
the Brooklyn navy yard, is almost finished, and
the vessel will proceed to SEA within fort
night.
Representatives of Gloucester fish firms held
a meeting recently and all expressed the opn-
ion that the retaliatory bill should be put in
force Immediately.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Asso-
citation has decided to permit hereafter the use
| only of real bronze or granite to mark the po-
Sitlpn> Of regiments.
+. II. Abbott. of Aurora, n. V, supreme
secretary of the Royal Templars of Temper
| ance. is Il refugee in Canada and the funds Of
The order are missing.
The Newfoundland people are gradually
coming to believe that the Imperial Govern
ment will not reject again their bill prohibiting
the expectation of bait.
The Essex, Mass, shipyards are buster than
they have been for a long time. About a dozen
vessels are being built for the Gloucester fish
cries and one for whaling.
The Government and Council of New IIamp-
shire has decided the Congressional contest in
| the First District i'm favor of the Democratic
| candidate, l.. Il. Mckinney.
The report that the Canadian Government
proposed to favor a rctaatory bill, imposing
heavy duties on American imports, is pro-
nounccd pure fabrication.
Several lasting machines are in successful
operation in one of the shoe factories of Brock
ton. 1t is said that better work is done by
them than can be done by hand.
A sensation has been created in London by
the publication of General Buffers evidence be-
fore the Irish land commission. What law
| there was, he said, was all OH the side of the
rich landlords and the tenants were oppressed
in every way.